
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2015 | Shortlist |
| Booker Prize | 2014 | Winner |
About This Book
The story of Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans, a prisoner of war forced to work on the Thai-Burma Death Railway under Japanese command in World War II. Spanning decades and continents, the novel follows Evans from the prison camps to his later life in Australia, exploring the nature of love, cruelty, courage, and the meaning of a life lived in the shadow of a defining atrocity.
About the Author
Richard Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, and grew up in the remote mining town of Rosebery. Descended from Irish convicts, his father survived the Burma Death Railway. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with First-Class Honours from the University of Tasmania and received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, where he obtained a Master of Letters in History. Read more →
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